VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (vCJD) AND ...
VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (vCJD) AND ...
VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (vCJD) AND ...
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PAT/IC 4 v.3<br />
<strong>VARIANT</strong> <strong>CREUTZFELDT</strong>-<strong>JAKOB</strong> <strong>DISEASE</strong> (<strong>vCJD</strong>) <strong>AND</strong> TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM<br />
ENCEPHALOPATHY AGENTS (TSE): MINIMISING THE RISKS OF TRANSMISSION<br />
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CONTENTS PAGE<br />
1. Aim 4<br />
2. Duties 4<br />
3. Education 4<br />
4. Introduction 4<br />
5. Hospital Care of Patients 5<br />
6. Sample Taking and Other Invasive Medical Procedures 6<br />
7. Spillages 7<br />
8. Clinical Waste 7<br />
9. Childbirth 9<br />
10. Surgical and Endoscopic Procedures 9<br />
10.1 Assessment of CJD / <strong>vCJD</strong> risk 9<br />
10.2 Surgical and endoscopic procedures and instrument management 14<br />
11. After Death 20<br />
12. References 21<br />
Appendix 1 - Algorithm chart for precautions for reusable instruments for surgical<br />
procedures on patients with, or “at increased risk” of, CJD, <strong>vCJD</strong><br />
and other human prion diseases<br />
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